Here’s how much you need to earn to leave in each borough
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Here’s how much you need to earn to leave in each borough

Anyone who’s tried to rent an apartment in New York City knows that it’s highly competitive and highly priced, and the latest data suggests this market is showing no signs of letting up. In August 2024, the median asking rent for apartments in four New York City boroughs — Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and…

What happens to your car when you don’t move it for NYC block party
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What happens to your car when you don’t move it for NYC block party

One driver learned a valuable lesson last weekend that most New Yorkers already know: You’ve got to move your car on block party day. Pictures posted online following the annual Hausman Street block party in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on Sept. 7 showed a silver Audi with New Mexico plates, mercilessly wrapped…

Teen leukemia survivor meets life-saving donor for first time at tearful NYC encounter: ‘He’s a godsend’
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Teen leukemia survivor meets life-saving donor for first time at tearful NYC encounter: ‘He’s a godsend’

For 18-year-old leukemia survivor Elijah John, it was a meeting he wasn’t sure would ever happen. The Brooklyn native and his family gathered at Manhattan’s Pier 57 in Chelsea on a sunny August afternoon Saturday to meet Nicholas Miranda-Newberry – the man who donated his bone marrow to save the…

Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster shut down indefinitely
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Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster shut down indefinitely

The Coney Island Cyclone has been shut down indefinitely after a mid-ride malfunction left thrill-seekers stalled halfway up one of the iconic Brooklyn coaster’s hills, according to reports. One of the 97-year-old wooden roller coaster’s trains was going up an incline Thursday morning when it suddenly stopped because of a…

Bicycle-riding bandit knocks out, pick-pockets man in Brooklyn
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Bicycle-riding bandit knocks out, pick-pockets man in Brooklyn

A bicycle-riding bandit sucker-punched a man, knocking him out, before robbing the victim blind on a Brooklyn street, police said Friday. The shocking attack happened just past 10:30 a.m. Sunday near Metropolitan Avenue and Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg. The assailant rode a Citi Bike up to his 26-year-old victim and…